The ''Wiesbadener Tagblatt'' (also known as the WT) was a regional daily
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
for the area in and around the state capital of
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Da ...
,
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...
in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
.
The newspaper was established in the 1840s by August Schellenberg under the name ''Wiesbadener Wochenblatt''. It was renamed ''Wiesbadener Tagblatt'' in 1852. It was part of
Rhein-Main-Presse and was published by
Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main, together with the
Wiesbadener Kurier. In 2013, the editorial office was merged with Wiesbadener Kurier and relocated to
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...
.
Wiesbadener Kurier: Eine Vollredaktion weniger
journalist 12/2012. The newspaper ceased publication in January 2020.
References
External links
Official website
1852 establishments in Germany
Publications disestablished in 1943
Defunct newspapers published in Germany
German-language newspapers
Mass media in Wiesbaden
Daily newspapers published in Germany
Publications established in 1852
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